The Yazoo County School District is a public school district

School district

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 headquartered in Yazoo City

Yazoo City, Mississippi

Yazoo City is a city in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. It was named after the Yazoo River, which, in turn was named by the French explorer Robert La Salle. It is the county seat of Yazoo County and the principal city of the Yazoo City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

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 (USA

United States

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).

The district serves most of Yazoo County

Yazoo County, Mississippi

-National protected area:*Hillside National Wildlife Refuge *Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge-History:The area which is now Yazoo County was acquired by the State of Mississippi from the Choctaw Indians in 1820. Yazoo County was established on January 21, 1823. It was the 19th county...

, including the town of Bentonia

Bentonia, Mississippi

Bentonia is a town in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 500 at the 2000 census. Some blues scholars maintain that there is a "Bentonia School" of blues singing and guitar-playing, and that "Bentonia-style" is a distinct style of Delta Blues, but Bentonia lies outside the...

, the villages of Eden

Eden, Mississippi

Eden is a village in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 126 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Eden is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

 and Satartia

Satartia, Mississippi

Satartia is a village in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 68 at the 2000 census.Satartia is an American Indian word for pumpkin or "pumpkin patch," rumored to be due to the small gourds that grow around the area. It was founded in the mid-19th century and was famous for...

, and rural areas.

Schools

All schools are in unincorporated area

Unincorporated area

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s.

• Yazoo County High School
• Yazoo County Junior High School
• Bentonia Gibbs Elementary School
• Linwood Elementary School

2007-08 school year

There were a total of 1,763 students enrolled in the Yazoo County School District during the 2007-2008 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 48% female and 52% male. The racial makeup of the district was 52.13% African American, 47.14% White, 0.28% Hispanic, and 0.44% Asian.

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2006-07	1,800	48%	52%	0.50%	52.78%	0.44%	–	46.28%
2005-06	1,875	49%	51%	0.64%	53.28%	0.27%	0.05%	45.76%
2004-05	1,865	49%	51%	0.32%	53.94%	0.27%	–	45.47%
2003-04	1,873	49%	51%	0.43%	55.53%	0.27%	–	43.78%
2002-03	1,811	49%	51%	0.39%	55.66%	0.39%	–	43.57%

Accountability statistics

	2007-08	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	No School Performance Classifications Assigned	1	1	1	1	0
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools		1	0	0	0	1
Level 3 (Successful) Schools		2	3	3	3	2
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools		0	0	0	0	0
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools		0	0	0	0	0
Not Assigned		0	0	0	0	0